figurative, esp. in such depreciative and offensive phrases as a dashor touch of the tar-brush, applied to someone of mixed black (or Indian, etc.)…
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释义 | the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > mixed race > [noun] > white and black or Indian (2) tar-brush1859 figurative, esp. in such depreciative and offensive phrases as a dashor touch of the tar-brush, applied to someone of mixed black (or Indian, etc.)… tar1897 Applied figuratively in derogatory reference to someone of mixed black (or Indian, etc.) and white origin: cf. tar-brush, n. b. |
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